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A town of 4,485. Public schools that outperform most of Michigan.
Brady Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $245K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Kalamazoo metro’s $73K median household income. It grades A− overall, ranked 127th of 697 in Michigan. On the plus side, the median household earns $109K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. Brady Township’s median household income is $109,000, above both the Michigan town median ($77,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Vicksburg Union Depot is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Brady Township beats most towns.
Where Brady Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Brady Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1928 and 4 maps from 1918 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Brady Township, and how to reach them.
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Ordered by what stands out in Brady Township.
Brady Township pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and sends most of its workers to Portage and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $245K.
Its public schools are run by the Vicksburg Community Schools. Its three schools are below. The largest public high school is Vicksburg High School, with 724 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 601 | B+ |
| Vicksburg High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 724 | A− |
| Indian Lake Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 265 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Brady Township has 635 jobs for its 2,139 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 324 in 2011 to 635.
Most working residents leave Brady Township for work: only 5% work in town. 3.9% of Brady Township residents live below the poverty line. Since 2011, Brady Township has added 311 jobs, to 635 in 2021.
| Brady Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 5.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Brady Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 7,296 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brady Township’s, it is less healthy than 69%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Brady Township beats the Michigan average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Brady Township.
| Brady Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Brady Township | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 11.9% |
| More adults with depression | 29.1% | 25.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Michigan.
| Brady Township | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 26% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.6 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 21% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Across Michigan, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Brady Township | MI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.1% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7.4% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.8% | 28% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.1% | 21.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20% | 9.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 19.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,500, single groups can be off by several points
Just 736 of its 23,079 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Brady Township itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vicksburg Recreation Area | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brady Township. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
23 mi MuseumGilmore Car Museum87K visitors a year19 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
29 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic
14 mi MuseumKalamazoo Institute of Arts37 mi Theme parkFun Spot Amusement Park & ZooAir Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gilmore Car Museum: Kevin S. Forsyth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalamazoo Institute of Arts: 72elyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
5 within 15 miles of the center of Brady Township
About 8 of every 100 Brady Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
Charter township in Michigan, United States
Brady Township is a charter township of Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 4,445. The township adopted charter status by a vote of the board of trustees on January 3, 2024.
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6 towns share a border with Brady Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Schoolcraft Township (B+) comes closest.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Township | #127 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Schoolcraft Township | #241 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Wakeshma Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Mendon Township | #503 | C+ | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pavilion Township | #553 | C | C | — | B+ | C+ |
| Leonidas Township | — | — | B− | — | D | C+ |
| Vicksburg | #417 | B− | C+ | C | A− | B |
Wakeshma Township and Leonidas Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Brady Township, Schoolcraft Township, Wakeshma Township, Mendon Township, Pavilion Township and Leonidas Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brady Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brady Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #127 of 697 in Michigan. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
